throw a (temper) tantrum
throw a (temper) tantrum
To have an outburst of childish or unreasonable anger, frustration, or ill temper. I was so embarrassed when Danny started throwing a tantrum in the grocery store. You're adults, not children, and throwing a temper tantrum every time something doesn't go your way is not the way to address things.
See also: tantrum, throw
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
throw a tantrum
to have a temper tantrum; to put on an active display of childish temper. I never dreamed that Bob would throw a tantrum right there in the department store. You must be so embarrassed!
See also: tantrum, throw
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
throw a ˈtantrum
(British English also throw a ˈwobbly) (informal) suddenly become very angry and behave in an unreasonable way: When you were a child, you were always throwing tantrums. My mum would throw a wobbly if she knew what we’d been doing.See also: tantrum, throw
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- throw a tantrum
- tantrum
- temper tantrum
- a hissy
- spat
- spit (out) the dummy
- spit the dummy
- dummy spit
- be at the end of (one's) rope
- at the end of (one's) tether